Foxe Quotes

#1. When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

George Herbert

#2. If there is a choice between absolute safety and freedom, then freedom must always prevail.

Salman Rushdie

#3. When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory.

John Foxe

#4. A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.

John Foxe

#5. There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love.

Carlos Salinas

#6. All labours draw hame at even,
And can to others say,
"Thanks to the gracious God of heaven,
Whilk sent this summer day."

Alexander Hume

#7. The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties.

John Foxe

#8. Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!

John Foxe

#9. A Swedish ambassador to the United States joked that nobody in America believes him when he says his country isn't socialist anymore. Liberals still refer to it as a role model, conservatives as a cautionary tale, but it is neither

Tim Kane

#10. Apollo and the little fruit demon, they

Rick Riordan

#11. Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy.

John Foxe

#12. Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold its own.

John Foxe

#13. Sometimes family hurts you more than they could ever love you.

Tijan

#14. A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

John Foxe

#15. Must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.

Thomas Reid

#16. Believers, do you have the courage to get alone with God and say to Him honestly, "If what I have is all the Christianity there is, then the thing is a fraud!" God

Michael Brown

#17. Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.

Viktor E. Frankl

#18. The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry into the matter, and apprehend such as they might deem obnoxious persons.

John Foxe

#19. A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.

John Foxe

#20. Every time I see a coin on the street, I stop, pick it up, put it into my pocket, and say out loud "Thank you, God, for this symbol of abundance that keeps flowing into my life" Never once have I asked, "Why only a penny, God? You know I need a lot more than that."

Wayne Dyer

#21. The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.

John Foxe

#22. It is easier to lose a thousand disciples than to win over one.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#23. A. D. 1560, pope Pius the Fourth, ordered all the protestants to be severely persecuted throughout the Italian states, when great numbers of every age, sex, and condition, suffered martyrdom.

John Foxe

#24. But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.

John Foxe

#25. A good Christian is bound to relinquish not only goods and children, but life itself, for the glory of his Redeemer: therefore I am resolved to sacrifice every thing in this transitory world, for the sake of salvation in a world that will last to eternity.

John Foxe

#26. Rumor had it that he was homosexual; in reality, in recent years, he was simply a garden-variety alcoholic.

Michel Houellebecq

#27. I wondered who would teach me, or if a boy could learn on his won, what it means to be a man.

Lori Lansens

#28. My dream is to reform the legal system over the next 20 years.

David Eagleman